Sea of Galilee
Excerpt from my 2011 Israel journals… This morning, we went to the Chapel of the Primacy along the edge of the Sea of Galilee. Our guide Hani explained that this church was made of black basalt stone.
Hani told us how the Sea is really a lake, and how the original transcribers translated it incorrectly...
Welcome Home
This excerpt is from my Israel travel journals. As some of my good friends have traveled back to Israel this week and I am excitedly reading their updates, missing them and the land itself…
Distracted
On a January Monday, a table of three came in for dinner—a couple with their adult daughter…
Disclosure
The following is what I wrote for the final phase of our ServOlympics contest at Söntés, read yesterday to the waitstaff…
ServOlympics
We’re entering our final week of the Söntés ServOlympics—the contest Tessa invented so (we do her bidding)…
OmaGoodness
Want to know what the restaurant staffers do on their day off? Here’s a conversation that took place on Sunday, the only day of the week that Söntés is closed, via Facebook Messenger. The part of Chef will be played by Söntés’ own Chef Bryce Lamb…
Sauerkraut Soup
It's traditional in my family to eat Christmas Eve Wigilia "Vuh-LEE-uh" dinner. Wigilia means Vigil…
Books, Body, and Soul
[Originally written for Söntés blog] Need a stocking stuffer for that person who has everything? Need time to collect your thoughts and unwind? …
Book Launch at Söntés Restaurant, April 19
Weeks before the Launch, I was horribly nervous…
About Upside Down Kingdom
Serve coffee in this town and you’ll see it all: the politicians, the students, the cross-dressers, the soldiers, the artists…